Seasons of Angels: Harmony of the Spheres

Demonstrating the ensemble’s ability to sing as individual soloists as well as a splendidly blended choir, this disc features beautiful spiritual songs of Hildegard von Bingen, motets from Renaissance Spain by Francisco Guerrero, and various Gregorian chants for the feast of the Assumption and the Holy Mass of the Angels.

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Maria Magdelene

Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599)

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Introitus: Signum magnum

plainchant, mode VII

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Ave Virgo Sanctissima

Francisco Guerrero

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Alleluya

Anon. (English, 15th c.)

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Antiphon: O Gloriosissimi lux

Hildegard von Bingen (1098 - 1179)

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Veni Creator Spiritus

Gilles Binchois (c. 1400-1460)

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Introitus: Gaudeamus omnes

plainchant, mode I

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Offertorium: Benedicte Dominum

plainchant, mode I

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Communio: Angeli, Archangeli

plainchant, mode II

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Duo Seraphim

Francisco Guerrero

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Herr, wenn ich nur dich habe

Samuel Scheidt (1587 - 1654)

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Stabat juxta Christi crucem

Codex las Huelgas (Spanish, 13th-14th c.)

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Responsory: O Nobilissima viriditas

Hildegard von Bingen

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Salve, salve, virgo pia

Anon. Italian Laude (13th c.)

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Laude novella

Anon. Italian Laude (13th c.)

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Salve Salus Mundi

Johann Joseph Fux (1660 - 1741)

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Laudate Dominum

Francisco Guerrero

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